Prohibition ( Air Date 2011-10-02 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.".
Stars:
Peter Coyote, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill, Noah Feldman, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conway, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, John Lithgow, Josh Lucas, Amy Madigan, Carolyn McCormick, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott, Frances Sternhagen, Joanne Tucker, Sam Waterston
Director:
Erik Ewers, Anthony Savini, McKay McFadden, Robert Silverthorne, Scott Harber, John Zecca, Mike Welt, Wynton Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble, Mark Roy, David Obermeyer, Dominick Tavella, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Sarah Botstein, David Cieri, Lynn Novick, Maria Torfeld, Ken Burns, Christopher Darling, Jean Lane, Ryan Gifford, Tricia Reidy, Karen Kenton